Updated at 6:47 p.m. EDT, Oct. 5, 2009
At least 12 Iraqis were killed and 62 more were wounded across the country. Meanwhile, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani warned that he would call for a boycott of January elections if it is not run on the “open list” system.
read moreIsraeli Exceptionalism
In the Washington Times, some astonishing news: "President Obama has reaffirmed a 4-decade-old secret understanding that has allowed Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections, three officials familiar with the understanding...
The Betrayal of Gilad Shalit
Saturday was the 1,196th day in captivity for the soldier Gilad Shalit. A prisoner of war must not be left in captivity. A wounded soldier must not be left in the field. The state signs an unwritten contract with every person who joins the army, and most...
The Threat to Your Liberties Is Here
Authors of serious books seldom have cause to celebrate, but Larry Stratton and I have two reasons to open the champagne. Crown Publishing, a division of Random House, has announced a second printing of the second edition of The Tyranny of Good Intentions, and the...
Sunday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 21 Wounded
Updated at 5:05 p.m. EDT, Oct. 4, 2009
At least five Iraqis were killed 21 more were wounded across the country. One of the dead belonged to a group of escapees. Also, the Iraqi parliament passed a new Victims of Terrorism and Military Operations law.
read moreSaturday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 8 Wounded
Updated at 9:33 p.m. EDT, Oct. 3, 2009
At least three Iraqis were killed and eight Iraqis were wounded in light violence. Meanwhile, the sudden exit of U.S. troops from Anbar province has become a local scandal for chiefs who feel abandoned by the absence. Also, an International Monetary Fund official said the IMF would likely approve $7 billion loan to Iraq.
read moreObama and the Graveyard of Empires
You read it here first: There is a 50-50 chance that President Obama will not get his party's nomination in 2012, much less be re-elected, so grave have been his policy errors. Presidents rarely escape the consequences of serious misjudgments. Andrew Johnson came...
The Hayden Letter
New Doubt Cast on US Claim Qom Plant is Illicit
An Iranian assertion that construction on its second enrichment facility began only last year and further analysis of satellite photos of the site have cast fresh doubts on the Barack Obama administration's charge that the construction of the plant near Qom involved a...
Geneva Talks Seen as Potential Breakthrough
While experts here are being deliberately tentative in their assessments of Thursday's meeting in Geneva between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany (P5+1), there appears to be a growing sense that the results could lay the...
